Justin Trudeau and Canada’s premiers have agreed to meet next month to address requests to increase long-term funding for provincial health care systems, sources tell Global News.News of the meeting comes amid a call between the First Ministers Thursday evening, in which the prime minister also told premiers that the federal government was ready to assist provinces now dealing with new lockdown measures amid a record-breaking second wave of the novel coronavirus.
Premiers seeking billions more for health care ask Trudeau to set meeting Several provinces — such as Manitoba, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec — have either implemented new restrictions in several areas or have locked down the entire province as COVID-19 cases continue in an upward.